Calif woman wants roadside memorial to honor fish
IRVINE, Calif. (AP) - Animal activists want a California roadside memorial sign to honor fish killed during a container truck crash.
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals volunteer Dina Kourda told Irvine's street maintenance chief the sign would remind drivers that fish value their lives and feel pain.
About 1,600 pounds of saltwater bass died on Oct. 11 when the truck hauling them to market got into a three-way crash.
Kourda's letter acknowledges roadside memorials traditionally honor humans, but she hopes an exception will be made.
Irvine spokesman Craig Reem says there won't be a fish memorial.
But PETA spokeswoman Asheley Byrne said they will go back and ask again.
It's not the first time PETA has asked to post a memorial for animals killed on their way to slaughter.
They've tried to honor pigs killed in Virginia and cows killed in crashes in Illinois, Kansas, and Manitoba, Canada, Byrne said, but none have been approved.
It's their first fish effort. They will continue trying for memorials when trucks carrying animals to slaughter are involved in crashes and there is a heavy death toll.
"They are on their way to slaughter, which is, of course, pretty hellish. To suffer an accident on the way and be left in the middle of the street is unthinkable," Byrne said.
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals volunteer Dina Kourda told Irvine's street maintenance chief the sign would remind drivers that fish value their lives and feel pain.
About 1,600 pounds of saltwater bass died on Oct. 11 when the truck hauling them to market got into a three-way crash.
Kourda's letter acknowledges roadside memorials traditionally honor humans, but she hopes an exception will be made.
Irvine spokesman Craig Reem says there won't be a fish memorial.
But PETA spokeswoman Asheley Byrne said they will go back and ask again.
It's not the first time PETA has asked to post a memorial for animals killed on their way to slaughter.
They've tried to honor pigs killed in Virginia and cows killed in crashes in Illinois, Kansas, and Manitoba, Canada, Byrne said, but none have been approved.
It's their first fish effort. They will continue trying for memorials when trucks carrying animals to slaughter are involved in crashes and there is a heavy death toll.
"They are on their way to slaughter, which is, of course, pretty hellish. To suffer an accident on the way and be left in the middle of the street is unthinkable," Byrne said.
Shutup peta (people enjoying tasty animals). More from the nut cases that complained about Obama swatting a fly on tv and also complained about throwing (dead) fish at Pike Place Market. If nothing else their stories are typically pretty good entertainment amid our daily news of doom and gloom. Speaking of, I've provided a link to an article. My favorite line "They (PETA) argue that tourists would not be nearly so eager to snap photos if dead kittens or gutted lambs were sailing over their heads." Yeh, that's the same thing, great analogy (sarcasm). Cuckoo cuckoo.
http://articles.latimes.com/2009/jun/13/nation/na-flying-fish13
There are a lot of real tragic slaughtering of animals going on that truly do need effort PETA!!! Rhinos???
PETA is just full of loons. Â Does anyone take them seriously? Â Such a joke.
What the he__is wrong with the people in PETA?
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"About 1,600 pounds of saltwater bass died on Oct. 11 when the truck hauling them to market got into a three-way crash." They were going to market to die anyway.
The sad thing about PETA is that whatever noble aspirations they may have once had are lost and gone forever when they pull this kind of crap. It makes any organization that legitimately cares for the well being of animals look bad.Â
The fish were going to market anyway!!! How can anyone take this organization seriously? From the lies they make up about fast food restaurants to this ridiculous story. They are just a bunch of buffoons.
There is only one PETA I support. And thats the "People for the Eating of Tasty Animals"!
Hahahaha. I wish I could supply PETA with a lifetime of wild game and fresh caught fish.Â
Maybe PETA should pay for the memorials if they are so important. I don't even think this ridiculous request warrants a response from the City.
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You just can't fix stupid!!!!!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA PETA are a bunch of idiots. It sucks the fish died but really. Wasting tax payers dollars on that kind of crap is insane. They were on the way to the market to be someone's dinner.
Sure, as long as you add a sign for every possum, deer, elk, bear, bee, fly, and other animal killed in an "accident." Soon there will be signs everywhere.Â
I guess it's time again for my PETA steak dinner. A meal made entirely of meat to honor their idiotic antics. Only this time, I guess it's going to be fish.Â
Hmm... maybe I'll change the name to the PETA Meat Meal.Â
@PacMan Reminds me of a picture of a billboard I once saw. The billboard read "There is room for all of God's creatures....Right next to the mashed potatoes."
Some people really need to get a life. Â Come on, Â A memorial for a truck load of fish? Â really?
I have a support group that I think is a much better idea.
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Its this kind of lunacy that makes PETA a joke.
Should plant a memorial on their every footprint for all the bugs and even germs they kill. For that matter - since their own bodies attack and kill microbes without warning - maybe they should take steps to curtail that?
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Well, I wouldn't REALLY wish their demise - merely their enlightenment and that they discard their foolish and obsessive compulsions.
I would love to see a memorial to the fish as long as no tax payers money is used for the building of it.
Maybe Alaska Fish fertilizer Co. could sponsor it
gee wonder why they say calofornians are a bunch of fruits and nuts
I read 'PETA' and didn't read any further. Let me guess, a bats*** crazy request by some weepy nutjob?
Activist for what, stupidity?Â
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Hey lady, I will send you a jug of Alaska fish fertilizer for Christmas.Â
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You can make a shrine for idiots.
LOL! Yeah I had a feeling this was a PETA stunt, especially since they must've realized they haven't had their pathetic BS in the news for a while, so I guess they're trying to get some attention back. Well, looks like it worked, I'm going out for some fish 'n chips!
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Yeah I can just see it now; "Fishstick, flounder, salmon, ect. Gone But Not Forgotten!"
"Kourda's letter acknowledges roadside memorials traditionally honor humans, but she hopes an exception will be made."
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"Irvine spokesman Craig Reem says there won't be a fish memorial."
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Swing and a miss...
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Hey PETA, I took a huge dragonfly into the headlights the other day, you want to put up a roadside memorial for that?
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All jokes aside, if they want to make a memorial or roadsidde shrine with THEIR OWN money I doubt they'd be denied. If they want to get the state or county to pay for it, sorry but the money is better spent elsewhere.
I'm all in favor of a roadside memorial for the dead fish. We can call it "Ivar's Drive-Thru", or Long John's, or Skippers...
PETA is right. Fish do want to live and do feel pain. They also taste great.Â
Unthinkble?  I think of sea bass all the time...Grilled, with a little garlic butter.
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PETA ... well, they need serious psychological counselling. Contrasting their claims with their actual treatment (slaughter) of animals (their idea of 'rescue') and one can only conclude that they're on a really weird ego trip.
@Ben Ezzell and a lot of drugs...
Crazy PETA freaks!
http://www.petakillsanimals.com/